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43 The crown is very similar to the wall except that each strand in
turn, is passed around and over its neighbour, the third strand
being passed downwards through the bight formed by the first,
Crown Knot Fig 3. As distinct from the wall, the three strands emerge from
the bottom of the knot, Fig 4. In keeping with the wall, the crown
is seldom if ever used on its own and the ends in Fig 4 have been
left long for the same reason as described for the wall. In this
case the crown. being the commencement of the back splice,
would probably have its ends tucked away accordingly (Knot 34\,
It is more usually associated with the wall. To form a stopper knot
the wall is first formed as in Knot 42, after which it is 'crowned'
as shown. thus forming the waif and crown. This is shown in
greater detail in the commencement of the man-rope knot. Plate
44, where Fig 1 shows the completed wall and crown, prior to
being followed arou nd.

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